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Surf's Up on Capitol Hill

By

Adam Goldberg and

Preston Burton

Updated Dec. 23, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET

As corporate America steels itself for an onslaught of investigations by the Democratically controlled Congress, consultants are busy advising companies on how best to prepare for and get through them. While one can do much to manage the fallout, navigating one of these investigations is a lot like surfing. Regardless of what you do, the biggest factor is still the size and nature of the wave. On this score, witnesses called before Congress have few protections.